Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (581 Views)
Posted by:
miff (IP Logged)
Date: May 24, 2006 10:34AM
NC Tony,
I think the horse is question was Noble Causeway owned by Len Riggio,italian kid via Bay Ridge, who became Chairman of Barnes & Noble.There was a tremendous furor when Bailey scratched the horse with a few minutes to post. Bailey said the horse was not "right" and refused to ride.
The horse vetted clean and nothing was found.Len and Zito were beside themselves with anger toward Bailey.Bailey stuck to his guns, the horse was not right.The horse worked fine after this incident was subsequently re-entered in a race and pulled up after an eighth or so(from memory) A nuclear scan was performed afterward.
My point. Jerry Bailey "felt" something and was not right so I guess my money would be on Prado(said the horse was fine pre race) as opposed to some who claim they saw something untoward but Prado, the state vet at the gate, and many of the the most highly informed racing eyes in the world, did not.
Mike